Bernie Sanders Held the Line in Last Night’s South Carolina Debate
Bernie Sanders’s command of the agenda was on display again last night in South Carolina, as his challengers exhausted themselves trying to make their stale centrism seem compelling.
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How Bernie Won the Las Vegas Strip
I organized workers on the Las Vegas strip for Bernie Sanders. I saw firsthand how his pro-worker platform and message of solidarity won the day, despite anti–Medicare for All scaremongering.
Joe Biden Is the Forrest Gump of the Democratic Party’s Rightward Turn
From crime to privatization to Wall Street, the story of Joe Biden’s career has been the story of the Democratic Party’s forty-year-long right turn. Every step of the way, he was there urging the party to push the rightward shift even further.
Pro-Trump Billionaires Are Consolidating Media Control
TikTok is being sold to an investor consortium that includes Oracle, the tech company of pro-Trump billionaire Larry Ellison. The move is yet another big step in the consolidation of major media sources under right-wing control.
The Bernie Sanders Campaign Is About Freedom
Though commentators like David Brooks see the rise of an authoritarian left, Bernie Sanders's message is that formal rights are essential — but they're insufficient if most people are denied the resources necessary for their realization.
Joe Biden Has a Long History of Giving Republicans Exactly What They Want
For Republicans, Joe Biden has long been the ideal negotiating partner — because he’s so willing to cave in on most anything Republicans want.
Yes, the Candidate With the Most Delegates Should Be the Nominee
It’s really very simple: the presidential candidate with the most delegates heading into the Democratic National Convention should be the nominee. There’s no good counterargument.
Bill Gates Wants Socialist Medicine to Combat Coronavirus — Without the Socialists
Bill Gates says the private sector is ill-prepared to respond to pandemics and that governments need to ratchet up their spending by the billions and take charge. Too bad he’s still opposing the democratic-socialist movements that could do just that.
Bernie Sanders Can Still Win the Nomination and the Presidency
There is no use in sugarcoating the scale of last night’s defeat. But there is still a pathway to victory for Bernie Sanders.
The Equifax Way
From its inception, Equifax has helped make discrimination a cornerstone of the American economy.
Where Do We Go After Last Night’s Defeat?
The bad news is that the Democratic Party isn’t going anywhere. The good news is that today’s commonsense political demands are, almost unthinkably, democratic socialist ones. Our work continues today.
Joe Biden Can’t Hide for Much Longer
Joe Biden emerged victorious last night, but his disastrous interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell last week was yet another indicator of why Biden’s handlers have been trying to keep their candidate out of public view. Even in friendly exchanges, Biden can’t help but perform terribly.
Banks Profit From High Interest Rates but Stiff Depositors
With the help of the Federal Reserve, US banks are offering loans at higher rates than the interest they pay to depositors and pocketing the difference for themselves.
The Cynical Sit-In
The congressional sit-in was not just cynical political theater — it was for a deeply reactionary cause.
Trump Beats Biden
The Democratic Party establishment has united behind the candidate who has failed at running for president for 32 years. Defender of banks and drug companies, Joe Biden is the swamp creature of Donald Trump’s dreams.
The Post-Trump Phase of the Post-Truth Era Could Be Starting Soon
Joe Biden’s relentless lying in last night’s debate, and the media’s astonishingly servile reaction, have made it clear that the “post-truth era” will not be over when the Trump administration ends.
Joe Biden Can’t Cure Cancer
Once again, Joe Biden has pledged to cure cancer. At the same time, his campaign is being bankrolled by the very industries that profit from keeping treatment prohibitively expensive.
The Left-Leaning Military Veterans Eyeing Congress
A crop of progressive-minded veteran congressional candidates say they are aiming to break from the mold of military service candidates — hawkish, corporate-friendly, and weak on labor questions — favored by the Democratic Party establishment.
Big Pharma Drastically Overcharges the US Military
A government-granted monopoly has allowed a pharmacy benefit manager owned by Cigna to overbill the Defense Department for years, in what amounts to an enormous cash transfer from American taxpayers to Big Pharma’s shareholders.
Incarcerated People Must Be Heard
In Bernie Sanders, we finally have a presidential contender fighting for the restoration of incarcerated voters’ democratic rights — a long overdue, commonsense reform that could have far-reaching implications for American prisons, the American political system, and, at a time of pandemic, society as a whole.